(4th Ludum Dare!) CENTIFEED 2042 is a snake-like game where you are a hungry centipede looking for good mushrooms to eat so that you can grow up big and strong.
- Eat the good mushrooms to grow more tail segments. - Eating bad mushrooms will cause you to lose 2 tail segments. - The more tail segments you have the higher your score will be. - If your head touches your tail... game over! - You can move outside the bounds of the screen, but don't wander for too long... you'll lose 10 tail segments or more if you are away for too long. - Use the arrow keys (Up/Down/Left/Right) to move.
I wasn't able to start until around noon on Sunday, but I am pleased with how this turned out. Hope you enjoy playing it!
Ok, so i think the concept is solid, and it's good to reference an old game an expand on the concept. My biggest beef here is that moving around does not feel good. It's very counter intuitive, and not in that fun way. Instead my intent seems to not be reflected in how I am trying to achive my objective. I understand what the movement was going for, BUT I feel like the challenge should not have been focused on the movement controls. But instead focused on mushroom placement and managing your size as you got bigger.
Controls took a bit to get used to, but once I got the handle of them they felt really cool, almost like I was flying. Really interesting take on Snake, and I love the colorful, creepy-cute centipede.
The movement was a bit weird to try and get those mushrooms right beside the character but it was a fun game. The different movement and art were what made this game feel different than the centipede type game I used to play. Overall all it is a nice game with art that is nice and colourful. Edit: I played it some more and the mushrooms going bad after a while is a cool idea, it gives you something that you now have to avoid. I didn't run into any bad mushrooms on my first couple runs
@tinynerd@galan it's not that it's a "once you get used to it, then it feels good" This kind of implementation and design thought process is flawed. It implys your user will have the patients to remap how their brain feels something should act. The issue is more that, if you want controls like this, you need to figure out how you can best translate it to the player so that the controls are what the brain expects them to be.
The reason I feel they fit less here, is because the goal is to control your size, and to eat as many good mushrooms while avoiding bad. It's already a very touch decision making and reaction process.
Some other small ways this may have been fixed is instead of using keyboard, use a mouse, and you click, and it auto moves to that location accounting for all the turning and such on it's own. So then you have to get good and predicting it. But the mouse click to response interaction would be clean and would feel good. PLus you could even kind of show the path your going at the last clicked area so you could change it if you need too.
The concept is pretty solid, but the controls were definitely difficult, if not a little frustrating to get used to. After a few more tries, and getting used to it, it was pretty fun and I got your point of the game. Regardless, great work on a difficult theme :smile: You should be proud!
I had some difficulty with the controls at the first try, but then I got used to it aand it was nice! I really like the idea that you grow with the colour of the mushroom you eat, and the increasing tempo really creates a feeling when playing x) Nice job!
This turned out nice! I actually like the controls. Confusing for a moment, but its nice to learn how something works, and its not unpredictable when you've grasped it.
This is very solid entry. The controls are totally fine and I like that you can color your centifeed :) Would be cool if the mushrooms could give you some effects based on their color, but still it is quite catchy to try to reach for the high scores! Good job
Reminds me alot of snake on my nokia phone. I like hoe colorful the snake gets. I instinctively thought that if you hold left down, it will keep rotating left etc.. kinda like the slither.io.
Good fun little game. I liked how the larger you are, the longer it took to turn. A mode where the classic 'wander off screen and appear at the opposite end' mode could have been cool as an easy mode. Great job!
I liked the way it moved once I got the hang of it. Nice that it was all on the curve rather than hard turns. The bad mushrooms gave a good incentive to pick up mushrooms in a timely. Well done. Feel free to try mine out. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/clapbang
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The reason I feel they fit less here, is because the goal is to control your size, and to eat as many good mushrooms while avoiding bad. It's already a very touch decision making and reaction process.
Some other small ways this may have been fixed is instead of using keyboard, use a mouse, and you click, and it auto moves to that location accounting for all the turning and such on it's own. So then you have to get good and predicting it. But the mouse click to response interaction would be clean and would feel good. PLus you could even kind of show the path your going at the last clicked area so you could change it if you need too.
I really like the idea that you grow with the colour of the mushroom you eat, and the increasing tempo really creates a feeling when playing x)
Nice job!
I think the concept is sound but just needs a bit more polishing.
I like hoe colorful the snake gets.
I instinctively thought that if you hold left down, it will keep rotating left etc.. kinda like the slither.io.